Punjab Police set up team to probe attack on RSS leader

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) A special investigation team (SIT) was set up to probe the attack on a senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader and former senior Army official in Punjab’s Jalandhar city late on Saturday.

Punjab RSS vice-president Brig Jagdish Gagneja (retired) was critically injured after being shot at near the busy Jyoti Chowk in Jalandhar, about 150 km from here.

Gagneja was rushed to a hospital with three bullet injuries. Doctors on Sunday said two bullets were removed from his body and that he was stable.

The right-wing leader and his wife were in his car and was shot at by two masked assailants as he got out of the vehicle.

The assailants fled from the spot after firing. They also fired in the air to scare people.